Starter quiz
- Who is the author of 'A Christmas Carol'?
- Charlie Hamilton
- Charles Dickens ✓
- David Charleston
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- At what time of year is 'A Christmas Carol' set?
- Easter
- Summer
- Halloween
- Christmas ✓
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- Where is 'A Christmas Carol' set?
- Paris
- London ✓
- Hong Kong
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- Which period of history does 'A Christmas Carol' take place in?
- the Tudor period
- the Victorian era ✓
- World War II
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- Based on the time of year the story is set, what kind of weather would be experienced in the setting?
- tropical weather with rain and sun
- cold weather with winds and snow ✓
- warm and dry weather with sunshine
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- True or false? Christmas would have been the same for everyone in Victorian London.
- True
- False ✓
Exit quiz
- In which part of a narrative would there be a setting description?
- the build-up
- the resolution
- the climax
- the opening ✓
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- What does atmosphere refer to?
- the precise words that are written
- the order that the words are written in
- the tone or mood created by the words that are written ✓
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- Match each descriptive detail to the sense which it evokes.
- sound⇔excited giggles travelled ✓
- smell⇔orange and cinnamon wafted ✓
- sight⇔glistening, festive wreaths dangled ✓
- taste⇔crunch of roasted chestnuts ✓
- touch/feel⇔crisp, frosty air sent chills ✓
- What is personification?
- the description of humans and their movement
- a way of describing a non-living thing as if it acts or feels like a human ✓
- using adjectives that begin with the same letter to describe an item
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- Which of the following are examples of personification?
- the wind whistled as it commanded the snow across the sky ✓
- strong gusts of wind blew across the sky
- Christmas garlands hugged the window ledges tightly ✓
- festive wreaths dangled in doorways
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- How are notes for a plan written?
- in full sentences
- as key vocabulary in bullet points ✓
- in paragraphs
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- ‘A Christmas Carol’ is set in Victorian London during the Christmas period.
- The atmosphere is the tone or mood created in a narrative.
- Precise vocabulary, including a range of sensory details, conveys the atmosphere in a narrative setting description.
- Personification is a linguistic device used to describe a non-living thing as if it acts or feels like a human.
Common misconception
Children may find it difficult to identify appropriate adjectives and verbs and develop their own pieces of personification.
Brainstorm as a class and create a shared bank of human adjectives and verbs that would be appropriate for personifying elements of the scene. Children can then use this bank to support them in forming their own pieces of personification.
Keywords
Atmosphere - the tone or mood created in a narrative
Sensory details - descriptions that include touch, sight, taste, sound and smell
Personification - a way of describing a non-living thing as if it acts or feels like a human
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